Nutrition Corner

Nine Vegetables That Offer More Nutrition When Cooked: Recent trends in raw food diets overlook the fact that some vegetables are more nutritious when cooked.

Keep your brain healthy with these foods: What you eat on a daily basis affects your brain health which is why it's important to have color and variety in your diet.

Recipe for The Day

Dark Chocolate Avocado Brownies: The healthy fat in this decadent dessert comes from an unexpected source, but you'd never know it from the rich, dark chocolate flavor.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

4 Tips to Improve Your Self-Control

• Consider practicing mindfulness: Mindfulness — the practice of focusing on the present and remaining in the moment — can be a great technique for cultivating willpower. Focusing on your thoughts takes a certain level of willpower and is a skill that can improve over time.

• Make individual goals and plans: Having a plan in place helps a person make more intentional decisions when they are in the moment so that they don’t resort to acting on impulses.

• Try to reduce or avoid temptations: Researchers also suggest removing temptations to the best of your ability so that you don’t need to put yourself in a position where high self-control is required.

• Consider your sleeping habits: Your brain needs good sleep most days a week to maintain functionality. This amounts to around 7 or more hours of sleep for adults.

Mango-licious: The Top 5 Health Benefits of Mango

• High in Antioxidants: Zucchini is also rich in antioxidants. Carotenoids — such as lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-carotene — are particularly plentiful in zucchini. These may benefit your eyes, skin, and heart, as well as offer some protection against certain types of cancer, such as prostate cancer.

• Contributes to Healthy Digestion: Zucchini may promote healthy digestion in several ways. For starters, it’s rich in water, which can soften stools. This makes them easier to pass and reduces your chances of constipation. Zucchini also contains both soluble and insoluble fiber.

• Boost hair and skin health: Vitamins A, C and E are antioxidants that are necessary for healthy hair and skin. These vitamins help fight off the damage your skin sustains each day from the environment.

• Help lower cholesterol: The soluble fiber in mangos can help lower both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

• Help prevent some types of cancer: Mangoes are rich in antioxidants, which are natural substances that protect your cells from damage. Mangoes contain a particular type, mangiferin, which has been found to protect against damage that can lead to cancer.

The 4 Best Foods For Healthy Skin

• Strawberries: Strawberries are rich in skin health-promoting substances, such as vitamin C, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, and flavonoids. Vitamin C is especially important for skin health, as it protects skin cells from oxidative damage and is essential for the production of collagen.

• Kimchi: Keeping your gut healthy is essential for your skin. Dysbiosis, the medical term for an imbalanced gut, is linked to a number of skin conditions, such as acne and psoriasis, and studies suggest that the health of the skin and the gut are closely linked.

• Blood Oranges: Blood oranges are a type of citrus fruit with nutrient-rich, red-colored flesh. The ruby color of blood oranges comes from high levels of powerful antioxidant compounds called anthocyanins, which can help protect skin cells from damage.

• Sunflower Seeds: Sunflower seeds are packed with protein, a nutrient that makes up the skin and is required for wound healing and the building of new skin cells. They’re also rich in vitamin E, which functions as a powerful antioxidant in the body.

The 3 Best Exercises for a Smaller Waist, Trainers Explain

• Deadlifts: This move requires a barbell and bumper plates. Start by standing in front of the barbell with your feet hip-width distance apart. Bend your knees slightly and maintain a straight spine the entire time. Grab the barbell and lift it above your knees, grazing your legs as you pull it up. Lower the bar back down.

• Single-arm dumbbell rows: This exercise move requires an exercise bench and dumbbell. Start by placing your left knee on the exercise bench and your right foot on the floor, with a slight bend in your right knee. Place your left hand on the bench to support your body. Hold the dumbbell in your right hand. Slowly pull the dumbbell up toward your armpit. Slowly lower it back to the starting position.

• Lat pull-down: This exercise move requires a lat pull-down machine. Grab the bar with an overhand grip. Pull it down until the bar is level with your chin. Your feet should be flat on the floor and your back should be straight the whole time. Slowly return the bar to the starting position.

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